Water-closet connection.



J. PODOLSKY.

WATER GLOSET CONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.29, 1912.

Patented May 13, 1913 J 3 i Z m a M7 OFFICE.

JACOB PUDOLSKY, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

WATER-CLOSET CONNECTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 13, 1913.

Application led March 29, 1912. Serial No. 687,027.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB PonoLsKY, a citizen of the United States, residin at Boston, county of Suffolk, State of li/assachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Water-Closet Connections, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like arts.

Thls invention relatesl to water closet connections and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive connection, all as will be more fully hereinaftery described and then pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to thedrawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view showing a .water closet con nection embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line a--a, .F ig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on the line b-b, Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a view of the adjustable clam ing collar.

l designates the door of a bui ding, 2 the base of a water closet which is shown as provided with a flange 3 and a nipple 4, and 5 is the upper end of a waste pipe. These parts are such as are usually found in water closet connections and form no part of the present invention.

In my invention I employ a fioor plate which is provided with a central aperture 20 into which the ni ple 4 is inserted and which is also provilded with vtwo concentric annular de ending fianges and 130, the flange 130 eing situated immediately circumjacent the aperture 20, and the flan 70 being situated exterior to the flange 130 and separate therefrom. This fioor plate 60 is secured to the floor in any suitable way as by means of screws 15 and the water-closet base is clamped to the fioor plate by suitable clamping bolts 17. The upper end of the waste pi e 5 enters between the fianges 130 and 70, 1t 'being noted that said fianges extend down through the ooring 1 and sufficiently below the water-closet base to rmit the upper end of the waste pipe to bg readily' entered into the space between them. The inner flange 130, therefore, ex-

tends some distance into the waste pipe 5 and the passage through said flange constitutes a continuation ofthe discharge passage through the water-closet and directs the material to be discharged into the waste pipe.

For making a tight joint around the waste pipe 5,1propose to em lo a ackin ada ted to seal the joint beta1/)ceri saipd ipegand tphe exterior flange 70. Said flange O is preferably provided at its lower ed e with the bead 25 which fits the exterior o the pipe 5 and a packing gasket 26 fits against said bead and against the exterior'of the pipe 5 and is held firmly in position by means of a clamping collar 21 which encircles the pipe and is provided with means for forcing the packing gasket 26 firmly against the bead 25 and pipe. This is herein accomplished by provlding said collar with upwardly-directed arms 22 each having at its upper end a laterally-extending ear 23 and by em loying clam in screws 24 which pass own through t e oor plate and are screw-thread ed into said ears 23. The packing gasket and collar are placed in position before the water-closet is clamped `to the floor plate, it being observed that the heads of the clamping screws24 are readily accessible when the water-closet is removed.

While I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention I do not wish to be lim ited to the constructional details shown.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a water-closet connection, the combination with a water-closet base, of a floor plate having a central aperture and two con centric flanges separated from each other and extending downwardly below the base, the inner flange being immediately circumjacent said aperture, a waste pipe having its upper end enterin between the fianges, a packing ring engaging the exterior flange and the exterior of the Waste pipe, a clamping collar for holding the packing ring 1n place, and clampin screws connecting the clamping collar and floor plate for clamping said collar a ainst the packing.

2. In a water-c oset connection, the combination with a .watericloset base, of a floor plate having a central aperture and having integral therewith two concentric flanges separated from each other and each extending downwardly `below said base, the inner flange being immediately circumjacent said aperture, a waste pipe having its upper end entering between said lianges, a packing ring engaging the exterior fiange and the exterior o the pipe, and a clamping collar for holding the packing ring in place.

3. In a water-closetconnection, the combination with a water-closet base, of e Hoor plate having two concentric anges separated from each other and extending downwardljv below the base, said plate having an aperture .within-the interior Harige, a. waste pipe having its upper end' enterinl between said ianges,` v`the exterior ange aving a bead on its lower edge, and means -or mak- Loemee ing e tight joint between seid bead and the 10 exterior of the pipe.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specification, in the presence of two subscrib'- witnesses.`

ACOB APDOLSKY.

LOUIS C. SMITH, l 

